is there a way to change the look of only the apps?
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is there a way to change the look of only the apps?
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Can you do that without Winterboard? In each Apps file there is iTunesArtwork that is the default icon. I'm not sure if you can change that. With winterboard themes, they have folders marked icons or you can create them. You could create a theme using your own Wallpaper and add the type of icons you want. If you don't know how to create a Theme, you could just strip a lame Theme down and add what you want to it.
Yeah you can manually replace the files yoursel instead of having winterboard activated. Most of the default app names are going to be icon@2x.png. If you have a non iphone 4 itll be icon.png. For the iphone 4 icon size, its 118x120 pixels. Also, some apps are named a lil different. For example, the ipod app icon is named icon-MusicPlayer@2x.png
-If u have windows, use winscp.
-If you have mac, use cyberduck.
-On your phone, make sure open ssh is installed.
-Use one of the above mentioned programs to access your phone's system files
-for iphone 4, the image files that are used are going to end with @2x.png. Most app icons are going to be called icon@2x.png.
-for non iphone 4, its just icon.png etc
-just replace the icon with the custom one.
-whenever you change files, you always have to respring for changes to take effect
CAUTION: WHEN CHANGING SYSTEM FILES, ALWAYS MAKE BACKUPS BEFORE CHANGING.
-If you have mac, use cyberduck.
-On your phone, make sure open ssh is installed.
-Use one of the above mentioned programs to access your phone's system files
-for iphone 4, the image files that are used are going to end with @2x.png. Most app icons are going to be called icon@2x.png.
-for non iphone 4, its just icon.png etc
-just replace the icon with the custom one.
-whenever you change files, you always have to respring for changes to take effect
CAUTION: WHEN CHANGING SYSTEM FILES, ALWAYS MAKE BACKUPS BEFORE CHANGING.
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If you don't really know how to rename a file, you probably shouldn't try to mod files on your phone. Rather get a friend to do it for you..
-What i would do is download the winterboard theme with the icons you wanted
-look for the icons in /library/themes/(theme you downloaded)/icons
-copy the icons to a safe folder.
-uninstall the theme
-replace the icons with the ones you wanted/saved in a safe folder.
NOTICE: for anyone interested in doing this, it is a very tedious/time consuming process. The only reason ppl do this is because it does not use winterboard to change the look which results in better memory usage and less battery drain. The more things you have winterboard replacing, the slower and more draining you phone is. The good thing about winterboard is its just fast and easy to disable a theme and go back to normal look
so just because I have different themes or whatever else in my winterboard doesnt mean they will drain battery life or cause the phone to slow down UNLESS they are checked and running correct? because I do have alot downloaded in there but most arent in use.
I think its not draining battery/memory if its not activated so you should be okay
